Posted on 10/23/2016 5:44:49 PM PDT by Kaslin
Hillary Clinton campaigned at an early voting location on Sunday in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a potential violation of electioneering laws.
Clinton was “mobbed” at the early voting location at Chavis Community Center, Reuters reporter Luciana Lopez tweeted today.
North Carolina AIDS Action Network Executive Director Lee Storrow posted a photo, noting Clinton was “hanging at the polling site.”
Her appearance is potentially a violation of state and local election laws.
According to polling location regulations implemented by Wake County — the governmental unit that oversees electioneering laws:
N.C.G.S. §163-166.4(a) states, “No person or group of persons shall hinder access, harass others, distribute campaign literature, place political advertising, solicit votes, or otherwise engage in election-related activity in the voting place or in a buffer zone…”The buffer zone will be 50 feet from the entrance to the polling place except where deemed by the Wake County Board of Elections to be necessarily closer, but no less than 25 feet from the entrance to the polling place. There will be publication of information regarding the entrance location and distance of the buffer zone no later than 30 days before the election.
It’s not clear whether Clinton was ever closer than 50 feet from the entrance to the location, but it is clear her intent was to influence voters outside the location.
In March, Bill Clinton ended up in hot water after he appeared outside a polling location during the primary to rally voters for Hillary.
A Massachusetts voter was fuming after she said her polling location was shut down to accommodate a visit by the former president.
Angela Grace posted cell phone video showing orange barrels and yellow police line tape at what she said was a New Bedford voting location.
Bill Clinton appearance locking a voting poll!!!
“I haven’t seen one person be able to come in and be able to vote in here. Everything is blocked off. No person can park here.
“They are affecting the voting at this poll. It’s ridiculous. It’s fraud and illegal,” she declared while panning the camera across the scene showing the media and police milling about while dozens of observers are cordoned off.
“From one side of the street to the other, there’s no way anybody can get down here to vote.”
She laid the blame at the feet of the New Bedford mayor, Jon F. Mitchell.
“Mayor of New Bedford, MA campaigning for Hillary and blocking this voting poll!!! No one has come here to vote in the 2 hours I’ve been here by the door!!” she wrote in the video description.
What is the penalty for her criminal activity?
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
The proof is on the accusers. Hillary was documented as having been seen near the site, but outside of the statutory distance. People are now “wondering” if she might have ever violated that. With such an attendance of her little event going on, it should be a cakewalk to know it if it happened.
I am not “defending Hillary” in pointing this out — I am “defending truth.”
Looks like she has technically skated unless other evidence turns up.
It isn’t against the law (thought it ought to be) to knowingly obstruct an early voting location, which Hillary would of course do with her security perimeter and entourage.
In the meantime, Donald Trump could probably come up with some wisecrack about this.
I understand. I’ve noted people going over the top at times, making a case where there was none. There are plenty of real issues with her, so it’s not necessary to come up with nonsense.
If she was in violation with the law here, I’m all for bringing it up though.
My guess is that — with Donald ready to pounce — she’d choose not to do something totally open and naked like that. Only things that are as suspicious as hell.
Donald’s approach? Maybe just to mock her for blocking her own voters.
Is there a Guinness record for most laws broken without being arrested?
Nothing to see here. Please move along.
There ya go, make sense again. “:^)
Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans are BALL-LESS!!
Not even a smidgen of evidence of any sort of rigging....remember the Philly polls that had large Obama posters on the walls - a direct violation for polling places.....
It was Sunday. Poll probably wasn’t open.
>>Mobbed<< is the word that caught my eye. Well, 20 people is a mob.
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